Improvement in corn-huskers



J. m. GARLRSLE. `Curn-Husluus. NO. 134,590. Patentedjan. 7, i873.

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JOHN M. CARL-ISLE, Or sUMTEH, sOUTH -OAHOMHA IMPROVEMENT IN CORNHUSKERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,590', dated January 7', 1873.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, JOHN M. CARLISLE, of Sumter, in the county of Sumter and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Corn-Husker, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a top view of my improved machine. Fig.` 2 is a detail vertical longitudinal section of the same taken through the line Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved machine for separating ears of corn from their husks, and which shall be simplein construction, convenient in use, and effective vin Operation, enabling the work to be done faster than it can be by hand, saving the hands of the operator from injury, and leaving the husksin ine condition for being fed to stock. The invention consists in the combination of the stop-claw with the sash that carries the knife 5 in the combination of the sliding-block, spring fingers, and points or cutters with the stop-claw and knife-sash 5A in the combination of hinged bars with the knife-sash and sliding block that carries the cutter-fingers; and in the combination of the spring-lever holder with the knife-sash, stop-claw, and spring-points or cutters attached to the sliding block, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the frame of the machine, the vertical front part of which extends above the platform or table of the machine, and has a way formed in it to receive the sash B, which is moved up and down by a handle, C, attached to it, or by a treadle-crank, crank-wheel, or a belt, as may be desired or convenient. 'lo the upper part of thesash B is attached, in an inclined position, a knife, D, for separating the ear from its stem. E is a claw or pointed nger attached to thehandle or other part of the sash B, in such a position that when the said sash B is raised and the ear placed upon, the rest F attached to the forward part of the table of the machine, and pushed forward, the

points of the stop-claw E may penetrate the husks and strike against the first kernels at the butt of the ear, and stop said ear in proper position for the knife D in its descent to cut said ear from its stem. The points of the stopclaw E are so formed that should one of said points enter the space between two kernels the other point may strike squarely against one of said kernels, so that the ear will always be stopped at the proper point. G is a lever attached to one end of a spring, H, the other end of which is attached to the frame A. To the lever Gis attached a foot, I, in such a position that when the said lever G is lowered the said foot I will rest upon the ear and hold it firmly in its place in the rest F while being operated upon. As soon as the lever G is released the elasticity of the spring H will raise the lever G and foot I out ofthe way. To the sash B is hinged the upper forward end ofthe bar J the lower rear end of which is hinged to the ba-r K, the lower end of which is hinged to the base-frame ofthe machine. The upper end of the bar K is hinged to the rear end of a short bar, L, the forward end of which is hinged to the head-block M, that slides in a slot in the table or upper part of the frame A. By this arrangement the head-block M will be moved back and forth by the upward and downward injured.

In using the .machine the car to be husked is laid upon the rest F, with its stem forward, and is pushed forward till stopped by the stop claw E. The spring-lever holder G H I is then lowered to hold the ear, and the sash B is forced downward. By the downward movement of the sash B the stop-claw E is withdrawn, the knife D cuts the ear from its stem, and the husks are` slit longitudinally by the points O, as they are drawn back along the ear by the rearward movement of the head-block M, and drop from the ear, which is then removed from by others should they be broken or otherwise the rest F and placed in a basket or other re ceptacle. The sash B is then raised and the machine is ready for another ear.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim. as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat# ent- 1. The combination of the stop-claw E with the sash B that carries the knife D, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the sliding block M, spring-iingers N, and points or cutters O with the clanr E, and knife-sash B, substantially as herein shown and described, andfor the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the hinged bars J K L with the knife-sash B and sliding headblock M, that carries the spring-cutter fingers N O, substantially' as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the spring-lever holder G H I with the knife-sash B, stop-claw E, and spring points or cutters N O attached to the sliding block M, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose Set forth.

JOHN M. CARLISLE. Witnesses:

D. JAMES WINN, L. W. J oYT. 

